The future of the Charlotte Hornets is looking brighter with each and every passing game. That continued Tuesday night when rookie shooting guard Kon Knueppel made NBA history in Charlotte's 144-117 loss to the Miami Heat.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 20 of his 28 points in the first half to keep up his hot-shooting start to the season, and the high-scoring Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets 144-117 on Tuesday.

Hornets forward Brandon Miller is reportedly 'seeking' a second opinion when it comes to his shoulder injury.

Adversity? Nah, merely an opportunity for a rout of the Charlotte Hornets for a Miami Heat team thriving amid its season-opening rendition of Operation Warp Speed.

The Charlotte Hornets are doing precisely what a solid team should: beating the teams they’re expected to beat. By winning these early-season matchups, the Hornets are showing glimpses of this roster’s potential.

The Hornets may have a clear trade deadline reason why they opted to let go of veteran Spencer Dinwiddie ahead of the 2025-26 season.

Former Alabama All-American Brandon Miller is dealing with another injury in the NBA. The Charlotte Hornets announced on Monday that Miller will not play against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night after he sustained a left-shoulder subluxation on Saturday. A subluxation is a partial dislocation.

There are nights in the NBA when everything clicks, and today was one of those days for the Charlotte Hornets. When the ball finds the open man, shots fall like rain, and one player orchestrates it all with the kind of brilliance that reminds you why you fell in love with basketball in the first place.

Ball looks to be playing the best basketball of his career to open up this season, and the Hornets also have some intriguing young players on the wing, such as Brandon Miller, as well as rookie Kon Knueppel, who scored 20 in the win over Washington.